Malignant insulinoma with multiple liver metastases and hypercalcitoninemia in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus presenting as recurrent episodes of diaphoresis due to severe hypoglycemia

Insulinoma is an insulin-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that can be malignant in about 10% of cases. Locoregional invasion, lymph node metastases, or remote metastases are the main criteria of malignant insulinoma. Its incidence in patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM) is exceptionally rare. In this report, we describe a 66-year-old man with long-standing type 2 DM who presented with recurrent episodes of diaphoresis due to severe hypoglycemia despite the withdrawal of insulin therapy, hypercalcitoninemia, and biochemical and radiological findings suggestive of metastatic malignant insulinoma. Unfortunately, after few days of diazoxide treatment, edema, hypotension, oliguria, and water retention were observed, patient's clinical status deteriorated rapidly, and he died in our department from acute renal failure

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Controle da transmissão da malária em área de garimpo no Estado do Amapá com participação da iniciativa privada Control of malaria transmission in a gold-mining area in Amapá State, Brazil, with participation by private enterprise

Reportamos no presente trabalho a caracterização epidemiológica da malária, seguida da implantação de um programa de controle da endemia em uma área de garimpo, localizada ao norte do estado do Amapá. Considera-se a influência desta região no número total de casos do estado e o impacto da doença na população representada pelos funcionários e empreiteiros da Mineração Novo Astro S/A, bem como pela comunidade da Vila de Lourenço, Município de Calçoene, Amapá e garimpos adjacentes. O impacto das ações de controle adotadas no âmbito do programa, caracterizam-se pela significativa redução da incidência da malária na área e a redução da morbi-mortalidade. Ressalta-se a importância da participação da iniciativa privada, principalmente aquelas que desenvolvem projetos de grande porte na região Amazônica brasileira, no controle das endemias prevalentes na região, particularmente a malária.<br>This paper reports on the epidemiological characterization of malaria following implementation of a program to control the endemic in a gold-mining area in northern Amapá State. The study focuses on total malaria cases in Amapá and the impact of the disease on the population, as represented by the Mineração Novo Astro S/A company and its employees as well as the community of Vila de Lourenço in the municipality of Calçoene, and adjacent gold miners. The effect of control measures in the program area is indicated by a significant reduction in malaria incidence and malaria-related morbidity and mortality. The importance of participation by private enterprise is emphasized, particularly in large projects for the control of endemic diseases (notably malaria) in the Amazon Region